"I Want to Wish You a Merry Christmas from the Bottom of my Heart."
By Claire Edwards DSNU
December 2025
As Christmas fast approaches and around us we see the twinkling of lights, hear the bustle of people shopping, for many of us, we are able to share the feeling that this is a time of hopeful anticipation, excitement and the chance to see loved ones or indulge in the odd After Eight mint or two!
I am often mindful of those whom do not celebrate Christmas for a variety of different reasons, whether that be difference in terms of faith and belief, or perhaps the time brings painful memories to the fore, and for some, present circumstances, mean that this year is not one where it feels right or indeed possible to celebrate Christmas.
For me and my family, we acknowledge Yule on the 21st of December, the return of the light coming once more to the world, as well as acknowledging the wonder and power of nature and the living things that share the world with us.
It seems that this year there is the need for us to truly understand our place within the world and our responsibility to all things within it. Andrew Jackson Davis, a pioneer of Spiritualism from the 1800s wrote about The Harmonial Philosophy and the Law of Interdependence.
In brief, if all people were mindful of living alongside each and everything in our world, we naturally would find that all things are provided for us, and all can equally prosper and thrive. No life being of any more value than another, as all are created and sustained by the infinite intelligence, power and love of the Divine Spirit.
Spirituality is not a part-time aspect of ourselves, it is our very core, the part of us that cannot die and that will one day return fully to the Spirit world.
And as each Christmas also marks the passing of another year, the trials, the tribulations and the triumphs, perhaps as we gather we those we wish to, we can seek to appreciate the blessings that we have.
Whilst many have hardships and many are grieving, we still have the knowing that due to the very nature of our reality, we will one day be reunited with those who have gone before us.
Maybe in the next year, we can try to foster a way of living harmoniously and respectfully alongside each other and all things, every day. Though not easy, if we set the intention, maybe we can become the example of the understanding that each thing currently residing on our planet has a purpose, a place, a right and a value.
We can be the people who send forth the light and the love that can counter those negative forces that seem to be louder at this moment in time.
So as you spend this Christmas season pondering on what has passed and what is to come, perhaps the best and easiest resolution for the new year to make is to try to spread kindness, charity and love.
We are all equal, we are loved equally by those in the Spirit world, and as such we should treat everything here on Earth equally as well.
At the end of the day when we leave this mortal coil and review our lives and the actions we have undertaken, the thing that will bring us peace is that we have lived a good life, a kind life and a life where we endeavoured to spread love to all.
Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
Claire Edwards
16th December 2025
thepromiseofthejoytocome@outlook.com